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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by fencepost on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:12PM (#17145408)
The pricing on this seems out of line with other VPN providers unless I'm missing something. $12-14/month = $144/year give or take. Even if they do a "2 months free if you pay annually" it's still $120/year while something like privateinternetaccess is $7/mo, $40/year or $70/2 years.

Unfortunately the vpnhub site appears to have been hammered into the ground as of time of posting.

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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by the8472 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:28PM (#17146864)
Or you could just rent the cheapest cloud server you can find and install a VPN daemon on it. Scaleway is 2€/mo. The smallest AWS spot instances are comparable in price but more of a hassle.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by fencepost on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:57AM (#17154300)
I could also just set up my home router so I could VPN to it then back out from there.

However, I'm just as happy paying someone a nominal amount for convenience. It's the same reason I don't tend to spin up my own servers for basic web hosting - there are people who do that and who keep track of security updates affecting their specific systems, and for a small amount of money per month I don't have to worry about it.

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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by theshrike79 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:55PM (#17147119)
AWS IP ranges have been blacklisted on all streaming sites for years now.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by Blindedwino on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:02AM (#17150997)
Nah definitely not true, I use a VPN hosted on an AWS EC2 instance and I have no troubles accessing Youtube or Vimeo (or Pornhub).
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by godzillabrennus on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:42PM (#17146401)
Wow that’s a lot to pay for this kind of thing. Maybe I’m the minority on here but I watch Tech shows on YouTube. Linus Sebastian is quite popular on there. He has been recommending https://www.privateinternetaccess.com and their prices are lower.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by anderber on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:16PM (#17146763)
Keep in mind that his show is sometimes sponsored by PIA. But on that note, I've used them and have no complaints. Their speeds aren't as good as Mullvad though. Actually, no VPN that I've ever tried is as fast as Mullvad.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by enieslobby on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:14PM (#17147919)
Does he still recommend it? PIA recently hired former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles as it's CTO which received some backlash on the forums: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/921994-pia-hires-man-wh...
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by abandonliberty on Thursday May 24, 2018 @05:46PM (#17148745)
Using PIA for years, unfortunately its IPs are well known so everything knows you're on a VPN and you get tons of captcha.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by bdcravens on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:26PM (#17147382)
I've been using PIA for years. They even take Bitcoin if you want some additional anonymity.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by gexla on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:56PM (#17145944)
Well, consider that it's enabling you to watch porn, that has to be worth some of the premium. ;)
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by brettz on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:47PM (#17145835)
The yearly price for now is $69.99 in the US. Site is back up.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by charlieflowers on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:42PM (#17147002)
Confusingly, later on the article says it is free to use.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by bdcravens on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:27PM (#17147401)
Free tier is ad-supported with slower speeds.
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